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 Bluesky has been independent from the start, but it took six months of negotiation in 2021 to set... 
 but you could have helped grow #ActivityPub instead. it was proven. make an alternative but compatible version of #Mastodon more similar to Twitter with ads if you wanted. I don't get it. 
 Today is the first day I thought that the #nostr #bluesky model might be a better way to build a decentralized social network. Because seemingly smart and honest people told me those protocols make using one profile for lots of different services much simpler and automatic than #ActivityPub. I still have serious questions re how they seem more likely to remain more centralized via relays and unlikely to do moderation well enough, but we haven't really solved those here yet either. #fediforum 
 

they are supposedly decentralized now but I haven't seen other servers (but I haven't looked hard). 
 

am I right that nostr does have these different services and has a similar model?